What started 35 years ago as a gathering of cryptographers and cybersecurity pioneers has evolved into the world’s leading cybersecurity event. RSAC™ Conference is the industry’s convening authority, built on a legacy of innovation and collaboration. The pioneering cryptographers behind the letters R, S, and A, Ron Rivest, Adi Shamir, and Len Adelman, laid the foundation for our lasting impact, and their contributions continue to shape who we are today.
RSAC continues to invest in the advancement of cryptography and the broader security ecosystem. We provide a dedicated Conference track (now in its 25th year), trusted resources on critical topics, collaborate year-round with leading cryptography experts, and celebrate excellence across the field through initiatives such as the RSAC Conference Excellence in Mathematics Awards and Test of Time Awards. Through these efforts, we honor the discipline’s foundational role in cybersecurity while supporting the innovators shaping its future.
Test of Time Awards
The inaugural RSAC Test of Time Awards are dedicated to the application and advancement of cryptography and its impact to the broader cybersecurity community while honoring the discipline’s foundational and innovative role. The 2026 Test of Time Award recognizes papers from the first three years of CT-RSA proceedings (2001-2003), evaluating them based on number of academic citations and the lasting industry impact of the research on the field.
Test of Time: Oracle Diffie-Hellman Assumptions and an Analysis of DHIES
The authors of The Oracle Diffie-Hellman Assumptions and an Analysis of DHIES paper, published in 2001 as part of the first RSAC Cryptography track in 2001, are: Michel Abdalla, Mihir Bellare, and Phillip Rogaway.
Test of Time: Homomorphic Signature Schemes
The authors of the Homomorphic Signature Schemes paper, published in 2002, are: Robert Johnson, David Molnar, Dawn Song, and David Wagner.
RSAC 2026 Sessions
There will be two sessions at RSAC 2026 Conference to honor this year’s award-winning papers. Additionally, The Cryptographers' Panel will once again see cryptography leaders take to the Keynote stage to discuss pressing challenges facing the cybersecurity industry and our digital society.
| DAY | TIME | SESSIONS |
| Monday, March 23 | 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM | Test of Time: Oracle Diffie-Hellman Assumptions and an Analysis of DHIES |
| Tuesday, March 24 | 9:40 AM – 10:30 AM | The Cryptographers' Panel |
| Tuesday, March 24 | 2:25 PM – 3:15 PM | Test of Time: Homomorphic Signature Schemes |
Cryptographers’ Track Academic Papers
Explore the full archive of peer-reviewed research presented at the RSAC Conference Cryptographers’ Track, spanning from its inaugural year to the present.CT-RSAC 2026
Preliminary versions of twelve accepted academic papers from the Cryptographers’ Track at RSAC 2026 Conference. The official publications will appear in Springer’s LNCS series and will be released soon.
Cryptographers’ Track Papers
Academic papers from all subsequent Cryptographers’ Tracks, published annually from 2002 through 2025 via SpringerLink.
Topics in Cryptology
Academic papers from the very first Cryptographers’ Track, held in San Francisco in 2001. Published as Topics in Cryptology – CT-RSA 2001: The Cryptographer’s Track at the RSA Conference 2001 Proceedings via SpringerLink.
RSAC Conference Award for Excellence in Mathematics
The RSAC Conference Award for Excellence in Mathematics is an annual award presented at RSAC Conference to recognize the contributions and innovations in the field of cryptography.
Congratulations to the recipients of the RSAC 2026 Award for Excellence in the Field of Mathematics: Yehuda Lindell, professor in the Department of Computer Science at Bar-llan University and leader of the cryptography team at Coinbase, and Nigel Smart, professor at COSIC at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Chief Academic Officer at Zama.
